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Northern Rivers · Schools

Schools, 1942

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Trenches at Tweed Heads School (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

Sir:--Permit me, as president of the Parents and Citizens' Association of Tweed Heads, to appeal through the columns of "The Tweed Daily" to the…

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School Attendances Drop in Vital Areas

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Schools in the Metropolitan, Newcastle, Wollongong and Port Kembla areas reported that there were 30,000 fewer…

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Evacuation Plans Kyogle Teachers Co-operate

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 February 1942 · page 3

KYOGLE, Tuesday. — Kyogle branch of the Teachers' Federation has decided to co-operate with the Kyogle Evacuation Committee in…

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Trenches in School Areas

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The biggest working bee in the history of the State is envisaged by the Minister for National Emergency Services (Mr…

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C'gatta School to Re-open

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday: Coolangatta is one of the State schools listed for re-opening on Monday…

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Slit Trenches for Primary School at Murwillumbah Working Bee Planned

Tweed Daily · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 2

Slit trenches are to be built at Murwillumbah Primary School, and the new headmaster (Mr. M. J. Mow) has invited men to form…

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Air Raid Trenches for Schools

Northern Star · Thursday 19 February 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The biggest working bee in the history of the State is envisaged by the Minister for National Emergency…

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School of Arts Calling in of All Books

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 3

Messrs. A. Apps (President), E. Lake, W. Foley, E. H. Sands, A. Kirk, S. R. Eastment, L. Lucas, H. A. McCallum, A. T. Campbell (Sec.), F. W…

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Air Raid Trenches at Schools

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

The Chief Warden for Murwillumbah and the Tweed Shire (Mr. D. Heffernan) has called a working bee of men to dig air raid trenches at…

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Schoolboy Injured

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 2

Ronald Tindale, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Tindale, of Eyles Avenue, Murwillumbah, sustained a contused wound over the left eye and slight…

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Amusements "Wide Open Town" at School of Arts

Tweed Daily · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 4

"Wide Open Town," showing at Murwillumbah School of Arts tonight, features William Boyd as Hop along Cassidy, with other impressive…

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No Flag-saluting in Schools

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 20 February 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY.--As a national emergency precaution, flag-saluting and similar ceremonies on school playgrounds are to be…

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School Furniture to Be Reconditioned

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 4

Lismore High School furniture will be generally reconditioned before being transferred to the public school building shortly…

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886 Enrolled at Lismore High School

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

The enrolment of pupils at the Lismore High School this year is large enough to permit the school to…

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Lismore School of Arts

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 3

We have been fortunate in securing further supplies of NEW BOOKS for the LIBRARY SHELVES. HAVE YOU READ THE FOLLOWING?…

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Ballina Inter. High School

Northern Star · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

BALLINA, Friday. — The first meeting of Ballina Parents and Citizens' Association for 1942 will be held next Thursday night in the…

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Coolangatta Schools Resume

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

Satisfactory attendances were reported at the Coolangatta State and Convent Schools when they re-opened yesterday, following the lifting of the…

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Campaign At School

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 1

The headmaster, Mr. A. G. Bunker, announced to-day that a start would be made next Saturday with the digging of trenches at Kyogle I.H. School…

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Mullumbimby Council Slit Trenches For Schools at Mullumbimby

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Algie, B.A., Headmaster of Mullumbimby Intermediate High School, attended Monday night's meeting of the…

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Posted Missing Ex-Marist School Pupil

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Deegan, formeely of Lismore, now living at 27 Eigby-street, Wooloolwin, Brisbane, have been advised that their…

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